Browsing by Subject "volcanoes"

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    • Agri damage from Taal fury reaches P577M 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee (The Manila Times, January 15, 2020, on page A2)
      Damages and losses to agriculture brought by the eruption of Taal Volcano have hit P577.59 million, according to the Department of Agriculture (DA). The Agriculture department was expecting the fishing sector to be seriously ...

    • Agri losses due to Taal eruption now at P3 billion 

      ABS-CBN News (DailyGuardian, January 18, 2020, on page 13)
      The cost of crops and livestock lost in the eruption of the Taal Volcano has jumped to P3.06 billion, the Department of Agriculture said Friday, as various groups sought to bring relief to survivors. Some 6,000 tilapia ...

    • Ashfall destroys P578m in coffee, other cash crops, livestocks and infra 

      Campos, Othel V.; Araja, Rio N.; Zurbano, Joel E.; Casas, Willie (Manila Standard, January 15, 2020, on page A1-A2)
      The damage from Taal Volcano’s eruption has reached P577.59 million in crops and livestock, with coffee growers hardest hit at P74 million in damages, the Department of Agriculture estimated Tuesday. The Bureau of Fisheries ...

    • Batangas sees fewer migratory birds due to Taal Eruption 

      Mallari, Delfin T. Jr. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 22, 2021, on page A6)
      The continuous unrest of Taal Volcano in Batangas has affected the annual migration of birds passing through the province, according to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). The DENR in Calabarzon ...

    • BFAR urge to assess damage on Taal Lake 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee (The Manila Times, July 4, 2021, on page A7)
      National fishers' group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) urged the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) on Friday to conduct immediate assessment of the damage on fisheries ...

    • Dwarf planet Ceres is 'Ocean World' with salt water deep underground 

      Reuters (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 20, 2020, on page A6)
      Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, is an “ocean world” with a big reservoir of salty water under its frigid surface, scientists said in findings that raise interest in this dwarf planet ...

    • Eruptions, past and present 

      Villar, Manny (Manila Bulletin, January 15, 2020, on page 4)
      Taal Volcano decided to start the new year with a bang. Well, not really a loud bang but a lowed by a "stream-driven" eruption followed by a "magnetic" eruption. But it has disrupted the lives of our kababayans, especially ...

    • Fish from Taal Lake safe to eat, says fisheries body 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee (The Manila Times, January 21, 2020, on page A7)
      Despite the eruption of Taal Volcano, the consumption of fish from Taal Lake is safe, according to the Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA- BFAR). The volcano sits on top of the lake. ...

    • Fish Kill 

      Associated Press (AP) (Manila Bulletin, January 24, 2014, on page 1)
      Workers haul dead milkfish or 'bangus,' from a fish cage in Taal Lake, Batangas, following a fish kill believed caused by increased sulfur content in the water from the active Taal volcano.

    • Fish kill 'starting' in Taal Lake - agri chief 

      (Panay News, January 21, 2020, on page B1)
      A fish kill is “starting” in the lake that holds the restive Taal Volcano, Agriculture secretary William Dar said Monday, as authorities accounted damage from a week of volcanic activity. The fish kill for bangus or milk ...

    • Fishers back despite restive Taal Volcano 

      Roson, John (Daily Tribune, February 20, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      Fisherfolk are being allowed back into Taal Lake even if the volcano in it continues to show signs of restiveness. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported on Friday that nine tremors were ...

    • More than P500M worth of crops and livestock damaged by Taal eruption 

      Galang, Vincent Mariel P.; Laforga, Beatrice M. (BusinessWorld, January 15, 2020, on page S1/1-S1/2)
      Taal volcano's eruption has damaged more than P500 million worth of crops and livestock, the Department of Agriculture said on Tuesday. Agriculture damage in the Calabarzon Region — made up of the provinces of Cavite, ...

    • 'Phl to build in Benham Rise to assert claim' 

      Mendez, Christina (The Philippine Star, May 9, 2018, on page 3)
      President Duterte has formed a team of experts to conduct a study at the Philippine Rise. Duterte formed the team of 50 Filipino experts to further assess the country’s sovereignty over the seismically active undersea and ...

    • The sea taking back reclaimed bay areas 

      Pascual, Federico D. Jr. (The Philippine Star, July 4, 2021, on page 8)
      We have long ignored the flashing red light warning us that the sea will eventually take back the large areas taken from Manila Bay as the burgeoning city looked farther west for more residential and commercial space to ...

    • Taal damage to agriculture hits ₱3B 

      Ocampo, Karl R. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 18, 2020, on page A5)
      Five days since Taal Volcano rumbled and spewed ash over nearby provinces and cities, the eruption had already damaged P3.06 billion worth of agricultural crops, fish and livestock in the provinces of Batangas, Cavite and ...

    • Taal eruption's damage to agriculture now at ₱3 B; farmers, fishers get aid 

      Tiangco, Minka Klaudia; Leyco, Chino (Manila Bulletin, January 18, 2020, on page 1-8)
      Agriculture Secretary William Dar on Friday said that the total damage to agriculture due to Taal Volcano’s eruption has risen to P3.06 billion. In a roundtable discussion with the Manila Bulletin editors and reporters on ...

    • Taal fisherfolk move to save catch 

      (Malaya, February 3, 2020, on page A1)
      The Taal Lake Aquaculture Inc. (TLAAI) has appealed to government authorities to give its members sufficient window hours every day to feed and harvest thousands of tons of healthy, marketable fish still in their cages. ...

    • Taal fisheries recover, can again feed Luzon 

      Bondoc, Jarius (The Philippine Star, March 20, 2020, on page 9)
      Most Mega Manilans do not know that their preferred tasty dark tilapia comes from Taal Lake. Taal tilapia are raised in floating pens, 10 by 10 square meters, five meters deep. Escapees before and during the Taal volcanic ...

    • Taal Volcano agricultural damage exceeds P3 billion, led by fisheries 

      Galang, Vincent Mariel P. (BusinessWorld, January 20, 2020, on page S1/2)
      Crop damage due to Taal’s eruption was estimated at P3.17 billion a week after the volcano started emitting ash, with the fisheries sector accounting for more than half of the total, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said. ...

    • Tilapia from Taal Lake safe for consumption amid volcano unrest 

      Lagare, Jordeene B. (The Manila Times, July 6, 2021, on page A9)
      Amid the current restiveness of Taal Volcano, fish pen operators and fisherfolk assured the public that tilapia from Taal Lake is safe for consumption. "Yun pong phreatic explosion dito sa amin ang tawag eh pabusngi-busngi ...